Nine of 10 Americans reject...

NO TO LEGALIZATION.

September 15, 1988

NEW YORK — NO TO LEGALIZATION. Nine of 10 Americans reject decriminalizing all illicit drugs, according to an ABC News poll. Also, 70 percent of those polled said they want the federal government to increase spending to prevent drug abuse. Twenty-five percent favored the legalization of marijuana, 7 percent favored the legalization of cocaine and 6 percent were for heroin. The poll conducted from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1 showed that 51 percent believed legalizing drugs would lead to increased drug use. Eleven percent said use would decrease. Asked whether all illicit drugs should be legalized, 9 percent said yes and 90 percent no. The poll's margin of error was five percentage points.